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UN's first employee with coronavirus among Senegal infections
Date: 2020-03-05 22:35:49 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:88 - ID:8341461
NEW YORK, March 5 (MENA) – The United Nations has confirmed the first coronavirus case among its employees, France 24 reported. A British United Nations employee is one of the four people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in ....
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OPEC proposes a large cut in oil output
Date: 2020-03-05 19:59:41 GMT - Austria - World - SN:79 - ID:8341367
VIENNA, March 5 (MENA) – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries proposed Thursday that oil output be curbed by 1.5 million barrels a day, or 1.5 percent of world oil supplies, to deal with the effects of the spreading coronavirus ....
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Italian coronavirus deaths jump to 148, cases climb to 3,858
Date: 2020-03-05 17:48:35 GMT - Italy - World - SN:68 - ID:8341246
ROME, March 5 (MENA) - The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 41 over the past 24 hours to 148, the Italian Civil Protection Agency said on Thursday, with the contagion still showing no sign of slowing. The ....
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China denounces as "ridiculous" US host remarks on coronavirus outbreak
Date: 2020-03-05 15:37:12 GMT - China - World - SN:53 - ID:8340893
BEIJING, March 5 (MENA) - A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Thursday refuted a Fox News host demanding an apology from China for the novel coronavirus outbreak, saying the relevant remarks were preposterous and ridiculous, and fully ....
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Greece plans to transfer all illegal immigrants who arrive after March 1
Date: 2020-03-05 15:26:32 GMT - Greece - World - SN:51 - ID:8340960
ATHENS, March 5 (MENA) - Greece will transfer all migrants who arrived illegally in the country after March 2020, to the northern Greek city of Serres before they are deported back to their own countries, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi ....
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Airlines face $113 billion hit from the coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-05 12:26:26 GMT - Canada - World - SN:34 - ID:8340632
OTTAWA, March 5 (MENA) - Global airlines stand to lose $113 billion in sales if the coronavirus continues to spread, CNN quoted the International Air Transport Association as having said. The losses would be similar to those experienced by the ....
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Passenger airline business could see losses up to dlrs 113 billion this year over corona virus
Date: 2020-03-05 11:57:32 GMT - Canada - World - SN:32 - ID:8340518
MONTREAL, March 5 (MENA) - Airlines globally are set to lose in passenger revenues of up to $113 billion if the Corona Virus spreads further, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Thursday in a statement on its website. This ....
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ILO Governing Body will not hold its March meeting due to Covid-19
Date: 2020-03-05 10:58:05 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:22 - ID:8340334
GENEVA, March 5 (MENA) - The upcoming session of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Governing Body (GB), originally scheduled for March 12-26, will not take place in light of the decisions taken by the Swiss authorities to counter the spread ....
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UN: Coronavirus outbreak has cost global value chains $50 billion in exports
Date: 2020-03-05 10:42:22 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:21 - ID:8340424
CAIRO, March 5 (MENA) - UNCTAD expected the the outbreak of the coronavirus to result in a 50 billion dollar decrease in exports across global value chains. A new UNCTAD report published Thursday saying the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) ....
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Bosnia confirms first case of coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-05 08:57:47 GMT - Bosnia and Herzegovina - World - SN:15 - ID:8340099
SARAJEVO, March 5 (MENA) - Bosnia has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus, television in the country's Serb-dominated region reported on Thursday, quoting the health ministry. The case was confirmed in the Serb republic but there were no ....
